Background. Diagnostic error in primary care can have serious implications for the patient,
the clinician and the health-care system, possibly more so than other types of error …

Background Diagnostic errors are costly and they can contribute to adverse patient
outcomes, including avoidable deaths. Differential diagnosis (DDX) generators are …

A wide variety of research studies suggest that breakdowns in the diagnostic process result
in a staggering toll of harm and patient deaths. These include autopsy studies, case reviews …

Objective To evaluate whether clinicians differ in how they evaluate and interpret diagnostic
test information. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE and …

Background. The most commonly reported diagnoses in primary care are useful to identify
and meet health care needs in society. We estimated the rates of the most common …

Background: Information distortion suggests that people change the evaluation of new
information to support an emerging belief. The present study was designed to measure the …

A Handbook of Process Tracing Methods demonstrates how to better understand decision
outcomes by studying decision processes, through the introduction of a number of exciting …

Background Designers of computerised diagnostic support systems (CDSSs) expect
physicians to notice when they need advice and enter into the CDSS all information that they …

Background: Diagnostic errors occur more commonly than other kinds of errors, they are
more likely to harm patients, and they are more likely to be preventable. Little is known about …

Background: Computerized diagnostic decision support systems (CDDSS) have the
potential to support the cognitive task of diagnosis, which is one of the areas where general …